Re: [H] MS and WinXP?
Christopher, Thanks for your share. Yes, I believe I did have this round-robin. But, after leaving the PC on all night, things have improved. MS shoved 6 updates at me-installed. Yes, I installed IE8because I knew that IE6 was dead to Win Updates.. The WinXP CD I purchased state it was SP3. The old PC is now up and running well. And, I can now get to Windows Update. I checked my 'Update History' and find that MS may have shoved/installed some 162 patches on me. Seems likely because when I ran Defraggler (from the CCleaner folks) I noticed that my tiny sliver of XP on the root partition is now up to ~30% of the root partition-almost 12GB. Some big magichas taken place perhaps. Anyway, the old 'tst' PC is up and running again! Duncan On 09/26/2013 09:07, Christopher Fisk wrote: A fresh install of Windows XP actually has problems with Windows update at this point, especially if you're starting pre-SP2. If you have Windows XP with no service packs, you need to get a copy of SP1 or SP2 to install to get Windows ready for SP3. This may not be required, but I have had issues in the past going from non-SP XP to SP3. I'm not sure if this was due to a requirement or just that I had issues once and now that's how I do it. If you have SP1 or SP2 included or installed you should download SP3 installing. Once SP3 is installed you should use internet explorer 6 to download firefox. Once you download firefox you should use firefox to download internet explorer 8 from microsoft. Install IE8, then using IE8 start your windows update process. I've had to do this a couple of times in the last month as I recycle old computers and donate to families around town who either have no computer, or it's REALLY old (Where a 5 year old PC is an upgrade). Good Luck, Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] MS and WinXP?
A fresh install of Windows XP actually has problems with Windows update at this point, especially if you're starting pre-SP2. If you have Windows XP with no service packs, you need to get a copy of SP1 or SP2 to install to get Windows ready for SP3. This may not be required, but I have had issues in the past going from non-SP XP to SP3. I'm not sure if this was due to a requirement or just that I had issues once and now that's how I do it. If you have SP1 or SP2 included or installed you should download SP3 installing. Once SP3 is installed you should use internet explorer 6 to download firefox. Once you download firefox you should use firefox to download internet explorer 8 from microsoft. Install IE8, then using IE8 start your windows update process. I've had to do this a couple of times in the last month as I recycle old computers and donate to families around town who either have no computer, or it's REALLY old (Where a 5 year old PC is an upgrade). Good Luck, Christopher Fisk
Re: [H] MS and WinXP?
Gary, Thanks for the new latest date. Excuse me. I am dealing with a rebuild of XP that gets to and 'error' page when I select Start/Windows Update. It is a fresh from format install. I know that there are a buzillion patches needed but I have no access to the normal /express/ and /custom/ button screen. Most odd. So I asked. No, I have no plans to continue XP unsupported. Been there, done that back in the 95/98se days. Then I ran Win2000 to it's end also. I avoided Vista. I do intend to upgrade my PCs to Win7pro prior to XP's decommissioning.Certainly, if somehow the XP version I purchased recently is internally neutered/broken, I may yet again erase my root partition and move on to Win7pro a bit earlier; even though this choice involves gutting the PC of most of its' current hdw. I was trying to avoid this for a while longer. Thank you again for the new info. Best, Duncan On 09/26/2013 07:09, Gary Jackson wrote: My understanding from a Microsoft website is that support ends on Apr 8, 2014http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx If you do not want to run an unsupported OS, and do not want to upgrade to something newer...what is there left for you to do ? Just curious. RegardsGary -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 4:27 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] MS and WinXP? Has MS pushed up their schedule about WinXP? I am working to an 02-2014 'plug-pull' datethat I believe I got from the wise MS mavens here on our List. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8.1 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W7 right now, even though I own it. I am still working a HALissue of a C2D cpu that may have a dead core. This is an old issue and I truly appreciate all the help I have received. Sorry, nothing worked. So,. I bought a supposedly old, clean, copy of WinXP. After 3wks of dicking with it, I finally got it to erase the root partition and install itself. Funny, the install never asked for the 'product key. Odd? I just trucked on. It lives today. But, I am now stuck with no answer from MS Windows Update. Most depressing. Opinions, suggestions welcome. Duncan
Re: [H] MS and WinXP?
My understanding from a Microsoft website is that support ends on Apr 8, 2014http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx If you do not want to run an unsupported OS, and do not want to upgrade to something newer...what is there left for you to do ? Just curious. RegardsGary -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2013 4:27 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] MS and WinXP? Has MS pushed up their schedule about WinXP? I am working to an 02-2014 'plug-pull' datethat I believe I got from the wise MS mavens here on our List. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8.1 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W7 right now, even though I own it. I am still working a HALissue of a C2D cpu that may have a dead core. This is an old issue and I truly appreciate all the help I have received. Sorry, nothing worked. So,. I bought a supposedly old, clean, copy of WinXP. After 3wks of dicking with it, I finally got it to erase the root partition and install itself. Funny, the install never asked for the 'product key. Odd? I just trucked on. It lives today. But, I am now stuck with no answer from MS Windows Update. Most depressing. Opinions, suggestions welcome. Duncan
[H] MS and WinXP?
Has MS pushed up their schedule about WinXP? I am working to an 02-2014 'plug-pull' datethat I believe I got from the wise MS mavens here on our List. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8.1 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W8 right now. I do not own it yet. No. I do not wish to upgrade to W7 right now, even though I own it. I am still working a HALissue of a C2D cpu that may have a dead core. This is an old issue and I truly appreciate all the help I have received. Sorry, nothing worked. So,. I bought a supposedly old, clean, copy of WinXP. After 3wks of dicking with it, I finally got it to erase the root partition and install itself. Funny, the install never asked for the 'product key. Odd? I just trucked on. It lives today. But, I am now stuck with no answer from MS Windows Update. Most depressing. Opinions, suggestions welcome. Duncan
